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That's great. I made it a quote of the day on my site, caution, inc.

Too bad I used up all my mod points today, cause you'd have gotten them.

I have noticed the same thing. The only time I get viruses at my home address is when I need to go update my grandmother's virus protection & clean her machine. But lately she's either learned how to do it herself (very possible) or learned not to blindly click on attachements (yah, right).

jred
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Person1: Exactly what is wrong with having the browser be part of the OS? It does OS-like things in a very natural way, and you have the advantage of using the same tool to browse the internet that you use to browse your hard drive.

Person2: My "objection" is not that the browser is part of the OS. My objection is that Internet Explorer is the browser.

Wasn't the whole point to Wolfenstein to run around and kill a bunch of Nazis? We need the swastikas to know who to kill...

jred
www.cautioninc.com

what is it with IT people and refridgerators??

Yeah, you forgot about yahoo.com. Oh, and slashdot.org. What the hell is a slashdot? Most of the names you listed don't seem too bad, even zoza.com. *If* they had worked out, they'd be instantly recognizable. Since they didn't work out, we can now ridicule them...

jred
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The problem I have is when you "opt-out", only to have the mail bounced due to an invalid email address, presumably due to spam from the account. Or if you end up on a Japanese spam list, and the email & all linked pages are unreadable by non-linguists, so you *can't* opt-out.

jred
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For $8,000 - $10,000 I'd like to see RGB lasers painting triplets on the backs of my eyes. And I do mean eyeS, I want stereoscopic projectors so I can get 3D images.

Not only do you have checksums & what-not, but most encrypted data has lower compression ratios, so that adds to the bandwidth as well.

jred
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Actually, most people (non-techies) *do* go to the store & ask what's the best thing, then buy it. My grandmother did that when she wanted a new PC (and to stop using me for tech support). She went to Gateway Country & talked to the sales ppl. I reviewed her purchase & while I felt they oversold her (p3-700 for websurfing & email, some scanning), the price wasn't horrendous & she's been extremely happy with it. Were the Gateway sales ppl biased? Without a doubt. Did she care? No.

Damn. If I'm not going to be able to say all that stuff that articulately(sp?), they should at least give me mod points to give him.

jred
www.cautioninc.com

Actually, if you are financing your site using banner ads, you aren't charging for the content, so you still shouldn't be charged a fee.


jred
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My first computer was a C=64, and my first internet account was a dial-up to a VMS box at the university. I had Lynx access all I wanted. Of course, most of the sites back then were text only, so graphics support wasn't too necessary.


jred
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I just recently installed Debian on my 3400c. It was on the supported list, but just barely. Most of the difficulties were due to the barely compatible OF, and boot methods. I doubt seriously that any pretty install they have will work on it, but if you setup bootx or something similar you should be able to get to the ugly install...


jred
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You can already get very close to this with X10 products...


jred
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Actually, if I'm not mistaken there is Metaframe for Solaris now... I'm not sure about the Solaris version, but I know one big advantage over the Win Terminal Server is the protocol used w/ Metaframe. I use both & Metaframe has much better speed.


jred
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>So if someone steals a packet of M&Ms from the local grocery store, and the grocery store conducts a full review and decides to hire a $20/hour security guard, spend $1500 installing cameras and a closet-circuit TV system, and install a checkpoint at the candy aisle, that shoplifter caused tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage?

No, but that's not a good analogy. A better one is that someone broke into the supposedly locked & secured office, opened the safe & stole a money wrapper.



jred
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Damn, I wish I could mod this up. My girlfriend was just trying to talk me into doing a new case mod, with one of those mechanical mouths mounted in the front.

jred
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Well, back in the day I was a geek kid w/ green hair. And blue, and red, and orange, and... Now that I have a real job & all, it's back to normal. But just because you're a geek doesn't mean you can't look different.

jred
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Would it even need to be rewritable? Most tech comes out initially w/ read-only/write once (CD, DVD) drives, with recorders or rerecorders (I guess that should ahve been rewriters) priced way out of reach for Joe Schmoe. But the prices come down & they become readily available. Besides, what was it? 10tb? With that kind of space you'd rarely *need* to erase anything.

jred
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Since I was recently lucky enough to score (inadvertantly, it was next in the queue) a xxx 666 (the xxx were actual letters) license plate, maybe I should switch to BSD. I'm thinking of painting a huge devil on the back, it can be the bsdmobile:)

jred
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Hmm. I ripped my entire CD collection & burned onto mp3 CDs. That way I only have to carry 10 CDs instead of all of them. I also have them sorted by music type, so if I feel like some old school punk, I can slip that disc in & not have to skip the unwanted tracks.

jred
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I worked in an arcade for 3 yrs., way back before I was into computers. I will say that the pinball maintainance was one of the "chores" that no one liked. It wasn't that difficult if you had an ounce of common mechanical/electrical sense, but it was extremely time consuming. Mostly the cleaning & waxing the deck. It had to be done at least twice a week, and could take up to an hour for each machine. The video games were easier, but required replacement parts more often. The joysticks & buttons on the video games received a lot more use/abuse than the pinball machines. Surprisingly enough, most people who play pinball machines are affectionadoes (sp?), and respect them, and therefor tend to treat them a little nicer.


jred
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it's in 8.3 filename format...


jred
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Uh, yeah, that. I've found that there is one thing I have in common w/ most ppl my age (~30): Kids. I pretty much get along w/ everyone, but not excitingly so. Start talking kids, and you can be friends w/ just about anyone :)


jred
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New guidelines must be set for how much IT workers can be forced to work without sleep. In the footsteps of pioneers of the 10-hour work day of the nineteenth century, we must today pioneer the 8-hour sleep day.

Uh, no thanks. However much I might wish to get more sleep (I only work 8hrs, but spend after-work time with my daughter, which leaves 9pm-> for me), I don't need anyone telling me how much sleep I *have* to get. That's my decision & my choice.


jred
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caution, inc.

Why are Canadians so touchy. I've known my fair share, and they're all touchy. Chill out.


jred
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caution, inc.

Maybe not. I haven't seen anywhere that their pricing is based on subscription discounts. I've seen ~$600 bandied around here (though I couldn't find it at Gateway), which would fit with the "you bought it" scenario. There's no reason for them to cripple the machine or attempt to make it non-hackable. I haven't seen any Gateway PCs with epoxy covering the board, etc.

jred
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caution, inc.

According to gateway.com, there will be an optional ethernet port. Which bumps this little device up from "who cares" to "cool, could be interesting". Of course, that's just assuming the smarter-than-me folk will figure out how to customize the OS. Blah, blah, I'd like to see it as an Xterm...


jred
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caution, inc.

I registered to vote after 10 yrs. of refusing. I figure that even if I can't find a candidate that I can support, I can write in "none of the above". Personally I think that should be an option on *all* ballots. If NOTA gets the majority, the election has to be held again, with none of the original candidates being eligible.

That being said, Go Harry Browne!!! :-)

jred
www.cautioninc.com
caution, inc.

I've already implemented IPv7 on my LAN. It's really cool, all devices connected via IPv7 are automagically added to a Beowolf cluster. Even your toaster.


jred
www.cautioninc.com
caution, inc.

> I know teenagers appear dumber, but that's just observation.

Teenagers *always* appear dumber when you are no longer one of them. It's a law or something:) But think (and be honest) about what you were like when you were a teenager. I'm not quite as likely now to warm up a pot of gasoline on the stove so I can make napalm. Seems quite stupid, in fact. I'm sure it was Paul's idea... Damn. When you get old you start to ramble.


jred
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caution, inc.

This big-bad company is going to steal from the little-ole companies. The customer will get screwed all around.

Let me tell you guys a story about a little boy who cried wolf...


jred
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caution, inc.

Ok, I didn't really read the article. Mainly because I barely care about who said what (sticks & stones). I generally regard Redhat to be "that upstart Linux company that will be the next MS". But if this is accurately quoted:
>They only quoted seven words from Tiemann:
>"We did start the open-source revolution"

Then I'd just about have to agree. He's not saying they invented the internet (yet), just the revolution. And not many people knew about Linux & Open Source before Redhat "legitimized" it. Once again, the parallels between RH & MS are scary, but maybe I'm just pessimistic...

jred
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caution, inc.

Yea, I thought of that. But most of my stuff would cost more to ship than it's worth. Quick, how much would you pay for 1 working & 1 non-working KayPro4's? Next consider that they weigh ~40lbs apiece...

jred
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jred
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caution, inc.

Yea, I thought of that. But most of my stuff would cost more to ship than it's worth. Quick, how much would you pay for 1 working & 1 non-working KayPro4's? Next consider that they weigh ~40lbs apiece...

jred
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jred
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caution, inc.

Is a place to get rid of all the "vintage" computer stuff I have now. I'm starting to run out of storage space!!!

jred
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jred
www.cautioninc.com
caution, inc.

Is a place to get rid of all the "vintage" computer stuff I have now. I'm starting to run out of storage space!!!

jred
www.cautioninc.com

jred
www.cautioninc.com
caution, inc.